overnight
/ˌəʊvəˈnaɪt/ adverbDefinition
› for or during the night: I took a train overnight.
› suddenly or quickly, and often unexpectedly: Building a project like this doesn't happen overnight. The company almost overnight reformed itself as a real estate developer. Major capital expenditure is rarely recouped overnight.
(Definition of overnight adverb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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